Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

King and Queen County (Va.) Tax Tickets and Receipts, 1853-1854. Local government records collection, Henry County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 41720.

Historical Information

King and Queen County was formed in 1691 from New Kent County.

Records were lost in courthouse fires in 1828 and 1833. Records were again destroyed by a courthouse fire set by Union troops on 10 March 1864 during the Civil War.

Scope and Content

King and Queen County (Va.) Tax Tickets and Receipts, 1853-1854. Consists of tickets and receipts documenting personal property taxes paid by various heads of household in King and Queen County in 1853 and 1854. Receipts include names of heads of household and descriptions of the taxable personal property they owned, including the number of slaves, amount of livestock, and household furnishings.

Related Material

Additional King and Queen County Tax and Fiscal Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• King and Queen County (Va.)--Circuit Court.

Geographical Names:

• King and Queen County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--King and Queen County.
• Tax and Fiscal records--Virginia--King and Queen County.

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